An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1837 - English language |
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... called him . Hij berd , heet hem toe , dij vee's ; q . e . he roared out , called out to him , thou ar't a black- guard ; he growled like a bear , told him , thee ar't a beast ! Baeren , beren , baren , to make the noise of the bear ...
... called him . Hij berd , heet hem toe , dij vee's ; q . e . he roared out , called out to him , thou ar't a black- guard ; he growled like a bear , told him , thee ar't a beast ! Baeren , beren , baren , to make the noise of the bear ...
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... called NURSERY RHYMES , guit repeatedly turns out to be the mask of cat ; and sometimes of cut . See Vol . I. passim in these rhymes . In what other way can the word cut be construed in the expression at the head of this article ? As to ...
... called NURSERY RHYMES , guit repeatedly turns out to be the mask of cat ; and sometimes of cut . See Vol . I. passim in these rhymes . In what other way can the word cut be construed in the expression at the head of this article ? As to ...
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... as noisy emptiness ; full of sound , but nothing else . It is nearly in a same direction of sense we say swoln with pride , * Hight , called , as the Dutch heet , in the same sense puffed up with vanity , & c . , & POPULAR PHRASES . 25.
... as noisy emptiness ; full of sound , but nothing else . It is nearly in a same direction of sense we say swoln with pride , * Hight , called , as the Dutch heet , in the same sense puffed up with vanity , & c . , & POPULAR PHRASES . 25.
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... called so , without , at least , some degree of roundness ) , & c . , & c . Aesan , aazen , beaesen , beaazen , to feed , to fill with food , to cram , to stuff with or in ; and beaest sounds as we utter bast . To bump was formerly used ...
... called so , without , at least , some degree of roundness ) , & c . , & c . Aesan , aazen , beaesen , beaazen , to feed , to fill with food , to cram , to stuff with or in ; and beaest sounds as we utter bast . To bump was formerly used ...
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... called , is the same word with the Dutch fasteyn , the Spanish fustan , the Italian fustagno , and the French fútaine , as cotton cloth , and has nothing to do with a tree . A forest of timber - trees is called * Makes the singular ...
... called , is the same word with the Dutch fasteyn , the Spanish fustan , the Italian fustagno , and the French fútaine , as cotton cloth , and has nothing to do with a tree . A forest of timber - trees is called * Makes the singular ...
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analogous Anglo-Saxon aspirate belongs bend Bije BILDERDIJK bring called CHAUCER chop contracted participle present derives dialect dije dijen direction of sense Doogh Dutch ellipsis etymology evidently explained expression favour fellow female fetch fool formerly spelt French German grete grounded groundedly hand head heart heet heeten Hence herte hold hoon HORNE TOOKE horse HUDIBRAS IBID IDEM ijse implying import intermutating Italian JOHNSON says keye labour language Latin literal form maie meaning mede meê metathesis mind nature never original form pain participle past participle present past participle phrase play potential mood præterite pronounce prosopopoeia question quoth regard Saxon schie semid SHAKSPEARE shrewd sounds Spanish spelt by CHAUCER suspect taele tell term thema ther thing thou TITMOUSE toyen travesty trope turn utter verb whence Wijse word wote